title: [Blogging is an effective way to reduce a stress for caregivers who are involved in caring dementia patients at home--the result from the questionnaire survey].
abstract: We sent out questionnaires to examine how caregivers, who are involved in caring home dementia patients, effectively reduce their stresses by blogging. A total of 39 caregivers(13 males and 26 females)filled out a questionnaire(write-in free descriptive type)by E-mail. What was it that you gained from blogging to reduce a stress from the work ? The responses to that question were: (1) social support, (2) coping with stress, and (3) perception of the event. These answers appeared to be agreed with the crisis theory of Aguilera. In the situation where a lot of stresses were involved, it was clear that blogging was an effective way to reduce a stress for caregivers who were involved in caring dementia patients at home.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Health Science, Nagoya University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Miyako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Ayae
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D057218:Blogging; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy*; D034742:Electronic Mail; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires